| CPC H04N 1/346 (2013.01) [B41J 2/17566 (2013.01); G06F 3/1203 (2013.01); G06F 3/121 (2013.01); G06F 3/126 (2013.01); B41J 2002/17589 (2013.01); G06F 3/1205 (2013.01); G06F 3/1218 (2013.01); G06F 3/1219 (2013.01); G06F 3/1226 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
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1. A printing system comprising:
a first printing device installed at a first location and being configured to accept a first print instruction;
a second printing device installed at a second location and being configured to accept a second print instruction;
an acquirer that acquires a number of media printed by the first printing device;
a comparator that compares the number of printed media acquired by the acquirer with a maximum number of printable media specified based on a fixed billing amount;
a calculator that calculates a first number of printable media of the first printing device based on the comparison by the comparator;
an allocator that allocates at least a part of the first number of printable media calculated by the calculator as a second number of printable media, which is the number of printable media of the second printing device; and
a determiner that determines whether a medium to be printed by the second printing device is a medium for business use or a medium for private use, wherein
the first and second print instructions are independent print instructions,
the second printing device is configured to perform printing as a billing target based on the second number of printable media when accepting the second print instruction,
when the medium determined by the determiner as the medium for business use is printed, only the number of media printed for business use is subtracted from the second number of printable media, and
when the medium determined by the determiner as the medium for private use is printed, the number of media printed for private use is not subtracted from the second number of printable media.
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